Soil-retaining wall of recycled tires by ecological constructing method

ABSTRACT

The present invention provides a soil-retaining wall of recycled tires by ecological constructing method; for preventing downward travel of earth and gravel, a great number of recycled tires are superposed longitudinally and latitudinally as well as moored by cables or soft steel reinforcing bars; concrete is poured into the waste tires; gaps between the adjacent tires are filled with shreds of tires and gravel; the accomplished soil-retaining wall has good draining and buffering functions and is endurable; the friction area on the bottom portion thereof is large and not easy to be pushed to slide; therefore, the structure is capable of efficiently eliminating the occurrence of downward travel of earth and gravel on mountainside.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1) Field of the Invention

[0002] The present invention relates to a soil-retaining wall ofrecycled tires by ecological constructing method, more especially to asoil-retaining wall built by recycled and waste tires with function ofdraining the water content in the loosened soil and sand on mountainsidefor facilitating maintenance and protection; the structure is morepractical and endurable than soil-retaining wall made by conventionalconstructing method.

[0003] 2) Description of the Prior Art

[0004] The soil and water conservation for mountainsides in Taiwan hasnot been implemented as expected; the situation of downward travel ofearth and gravel happens whenever the Island is attacked by typhoons andthat results in damaging people's life and properties; however, theresult is deviated from the long-term excessive logging and cultivationon mountainsides; for the time being, the government departments havenot yet provided any useful policy or solution; the factors causing thedownward travel of earth and gravel on mountainsides are usually nothingmore than undesired draining function; the water flowing downwardly fromthe mountain top is blocked, so instead of being drained through themountainside, the water content is cumulated thereon for a long time;that results in having softened and mudded soil on mountainside whichfurther leads to mountain landslides and downward travel of earth andgravel on mountainsides.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0005] The primary objective of the present invention is to provide asoil-retaining wall of recycled tires by ecological constructing method;mainly a plurality of recycled tires or waste tires are mooredlongitudinally and latitudinally by cables or soft steel reinforcingbars as well as filled with concrete; through the longitudinal andlatitudinal superposition, a soil-retaining wall is thereby constructed;since the soil-retaining wall is based on the recycled tires, the gooddraining function thereof enables the water content in the loosened soiland sand to drain outwardly; furthermore, the water draining facilityand filtering layer thereof will never be blocked, so the situation ofdownward travel of earth and gravel on mountainside can thereby beprevented.

[0006] Another objective of the present invention is to provide asoil-retaining wall of recycled tires by ecological constructing methodto enlarge the friction area on the bottom portion of the soil-retainingwall with gravity so it is not easy to be pushed to slide; it has goodplanting and buffering functions and it is also convenient formaintenance and protection.

[0007] Yet another objective of the present invention is to provide asoil-retaining wall of recycled tires by ecological constructing methodto incorporate with filling of shreds and stones to compose aconstruction which never blocks and has good function of permeating anddraining water; it is also capable of strengthening the structure andflexibility of the soil-retaining wall.

[0008] Still another objective of the present invention is to provide asoil-retaining wall of recycled tires by ecological constructing method,wherein, the present invention can be applied to constructing ahydraulic embankment for ecology of environmental conservation.

[0009] To enable a further understanding of the present invention, thebrief description of the drawings below is followed by the detaileddescription of the preferred embodiment.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0010]FIG. 1 is a front view drawing of the present invention.

[0011]FIG. 2 is a schematic drawing of the combination of waste tires ofthe present invention.

[0012]FIG. 3 is a front view drawing of an exemplary embodiment of thestructure of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0013] Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the recycled tires (waste tires) orthe soil-retaining wall provided by the present invention mainly aim toprevent the situation of mudding, downward travel of earth and gravel aswell as mountain landslides and to improve the shortcomings of theundesired water draining function; it further has all of the specificfunctions for various environmental conservation, easy maintenance andendurableness; as shown in FIG. 1, a soil-retaining wall (1) composed byrecycled tires is retained and built on the outer side of themountainside (100); gapes (200) between the soil-retaining wall (1) andthe current topographic lines (101) of the mountainside (100) can befilled with shreds of the tires, gravel or sand; most of the water tires(11) on the soil-retaining wall (1) are filled with concrete and few ofthe waste tires (11) at the top end are filled with sand and soil forplanting trees, flowers or grass to beautify the external view of thesoil-retaining wall (1); the said soil-retaining wall (1) uses a greatnumber of waste tires (11) superposed longitudinally and latitudinallyto form irregular styles of the soil-retaining wall (1); a drain ditch(12) is built at a proper area inside the soil-retaining wall (1) toform a whole construction for strengthening the wall body.

[0014] Referring to FIG. 2, firstly, the waste tires (11) adjacentlongitudinally and latitudinally are moored by the cables or soft steelreinforcing bars to form a complete soil-retaining structure; forenhancing the structural stability, concrete (300) formed by cementmortar is poured into the waste tires (11); the condensed concrete (300)is capable of efficiently enhancing the strength of the entire body; thegaps (100) at the centers of four adjacent waste tires (11) are filledwith shreds of the tires or gravel, through the design of using thewaste tires (11) to build a soil-retaining wall (1), at least thefollowing effects can be achieved for improvement:

[0015] 1. It saves the wall construction budget. The construction costrequired for building a soil-retaining wall of the present invention bythe water tires is less than that required for building a 1soil-retaining wall by conventional steel reinforcing bars and cement;the construction time is less than half of the conventional one;therefore it has the dual effects of being efficient and economic.

[0016] 2. It has good draining function. The soil-retaining wall enableswater content in the loosened and soft soil and sand to drain easily,the draining facility and the filtering layer won't block or cumulatewater since all of the gaps among the tires have the function ofdraining water.

[0017] 3. It can not be easily pushed to slide. The bottom portion ofthe soil-retaining wall with gravity of the present invention is not aflat construction, so the friction area thereof is larger and thatprevents the soil-retaining wall from being pushed to slide.

[0018] 4. It is durable and easy to maintain. The maintenance andprotection of the present invention constructed by waste tires are veryconvenient; the structure thereof lasts longer and is several timesdurable of that of the conventional soil-retaining wall.

[0019] 5. It has buffering and planting functions. The waste tires haveresilient buffering force and the soil-retaining wall is capable ofpreventing the external force from damaging the structure in terms ofbumping between hard objects, in other words, it has the special natureof buffering; furthermore, trees, flowers or grass can be plantedthereon.

[0020] Additionally, another exemplary embodiment of the presentinvention, as shown in FIG. 3, the structure of the present inventionconstructed by waster tires can be applied to a hydraulic embankment (3)of ecology of environmental conservation; a great number of waster tires(11) are superposed longitudinally and latitudinally to form theembankment (3); concrete is poured into the said waste tires (11); aroad (31), a draining ditch (32) and steps (33) are built thereon; thewater channel (500) built inbetween provides a safe and hiding space forfish and shrimp to gather, live and propagate; the steps (33)convenience the workers to go up or down to get closer to the water;most primarily, the sturdiness, enduringness and the flexibility thereofare incomparable with the conventional embankment.

[0021] In summation of the abovementioned, the present invention of asoil-retaining wall of recycled tires by ecological constructing methodimproves the shortcomings of the conventional soil-retaining wall andprovides an innovative soil-retaining wall with concept of environmentalreservation and capable of efficiently preventing the downward travel ofearth and gravel; the practical function is undoubted and the presentinvention has not been previously disclosed in any book or document.

1. A soil-retaining wall of recycled tires by ecological constructingmethod mainly uses a great number of waste tires superposedlongitudinally and latitudinally to extend upwardly and downwardlytoward two sides to accomplish the basic structure of the main body ofthe said soil-retaining wall; the waste tires are moored by cables orsoft steel reinforcing bars longitudinally and latitudinally to form acomplete structure; concrete is poured into the waste tires forefficiently strengthening the entire structure; by virtue of the specialnature thereof, the soil-retaining wall has good water draining functionand is endurable, capable of buffering , not easy to slide and able toprevent the occurrence of downward travel of earth and gravel onmountainside.
 2. A soil-retaining wall of recycled tires by ecologicalconstructing method according to claim 1, wherein the gaps between thesoil-retaining wall and the present topographic lines on mountainsideare filled with shreds of waste tires, gravel or sand.
 3. Asoil-retaining wall of recycled tires by ecological constructing methodaccording to claim 1, wherein the gaps at the centers of the waste tiresare filled with shreds of waste tires or gravel.
 4. A soil-retainingwall of recycled tires by ecological constructing method according toclaim 1, wherein a drain ditch is constructed on the soil-retainingwall.
 5. A soil-retaining wall of recycled tires by ecologicalconstructing method according to claim 1, wherein concrete is pouredinto most of the waste tires of the soil-retaining wall; few waste tiresat the top end thereon are filled with sand and soil for planting trees,flowers or grass.
 6. A soil-retaining wall of recycled tires byecological constructing method according to claim 1, wherein the presentinvention is applied to a hydraulic embankment of ecology ofenvironmental conservation.